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# Setting up the store in your Language

There is a high chance that you might want to set up your store in your own language. Let's suppose you are trying to set up your site in the German Language.

## Download the Joomla Language

**Step 1:** Go to [Joomla](https://www.joomla.org/)! > Download

![Joomla.org website header with the yellow Download button highlighted in the top navigation](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-joomla-download.webp)

**Step 2:** Scroll down to Joomla! in your language > Download Language Packages

![Joomla.org download page with the Download Language Packages button highlighted under Joomla! in your language](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-joomla-download1.webp)

**Step 3:** Select the version of Joomla! You are working with. Either Joomla! 5 or 6.

![Joomla Downloads language packs page with the View All Joomla 5.x Language Packs and View All Joomla 6.x Language Packs buttons highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-joomla-download2.webp)

**Step 4:** Choose the language package you want to download. In this case, we are downloading the German Language Pack

![Joomla Downloads Translations page for Joomla 5.x with the Choose a Language Translation dropdown set to German](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-joomla-download3.webp)

## Install the Joomla Language

**Step 1:** Go to System > Manage > Languages

![Joomla System Dashboard with System in the sidebar and the Manage > Languages link highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-manage.webp)

**Step 2:** Click on Install Languages

![Joomla Languages: Installed (Site) with the Install Languages button highlighted and English (United Kingdom) as the default language](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-install.webp)

**Step 3:** Locate German and click Install. Once the language is installed, you will find that language under the Content Languages

![Joomla Extensions: Languages list with the Content Languages button highlighted and the Install button highlighted on the German de-DE row](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-install-2.webp)

**Step 4:** Click on Content Languages and Enable the German Language by clicking on the 'X'.

![Joomla Languages: Content list with the Status checkmark highlighted on the German (Germany) content language, beside English (en-GB)](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-enable.webp)

**Step 5:** Go back to System > Languages. Click on the Star to set the German Language as your default language.

![Joomla Languages: Installed (Site) after Default Language Saved, with the star Default icon highlighted on the German (Germany) row](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-default.webp)

## Download J2Commerce Language Pack

**Step 1:** Go to [J2Commerce.com](https://www.j2commerce.com/extensions) > Extensions > Language Packs > Search for your Language > Available Versions > View Files

In this example, we will be using the German translation

![J2Commerce website Language Packs page with the German (de-DE) row and its Available Versions button highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-view-files.webp)

**Step 2:** Go to your My Downloads under your profile button at the top right corner and search for the app. Click Available Versions > View Files > Download Now

![J2Commerce website download entry for German (de-DE) version 4.0.12, marked Stable, with the Download now button highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-download.webp)

## Install J2Commerce Language Pack

Use the Joomla! installer to install the app. Go to System > Install > Extensions

Install the German language Zip file

![Additional fee open](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/user-group-3%20%2811%29.webp)

## Enabling Language Packs

**Step 1:** Go to System > Manage > Plugin

![Joomla System Dashboard with System in the sidebar and the Manage > Plugins link highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-enabled1.webp)

**Step 2:** Search Language to narrow down your view

**Step 3:** Make sure all three have a check mark to ensure they are enabled. If any of them have an 'X', click on the X to enable it.

![Joomla Plugins list searched for language, with enabled checkmarks highlighted for the Language Code, Language Filter and Languages plugins](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-enabled.webp)

## **Creating a new Article in a different Language**

Each product that you want to show up in a specific language must have a duplicate version in the primary language. Then they need to be attached. The steps below show you how to do that. In the first step, we will choose English as the main language, and then the matching product will be in German.

**Step 1:** Create a product article. Articles > New > Name it

**Step 2:** Content tab: Choose English as the language in the sidebar. If the Language category doesn't show up, it's most likely because you forgot to enable it in the previous steps.

**Step 3:** Save > Save & Copy. This will create a duplicate copy. Look at all of the tabs on the duplicate to make sure none of the information is missing

![Articles: Edit, Content tab highlighted: English article Shirts For Men in the Shirts category](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-article2.webp)

**Step 4:** Name the duplicate article the same name, but in the language of choice. In this example, we are choosing German.

**Step 5:** Choose English as the language in the sidebar

![Articles: Edit after Article saved, Content tab: German article title Herrenhemden and Language set to German (Germany) highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-article-german.webp)

## Setting Up Multilingual Association:

The next step is linking the two products together.

**Step 1:** Go to the Primary language product you just created (ie: English).

**Step 2:** Click in the Associations tab. Click on Select.

![Articles: Edit, Associations tab highlighted: German (Germany) association set to Herrenhemden, with the Select button highlighted beside Create](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-associations.webp)

**Step 3:** Find the product you created in the secondary language (ie: German) and select it. Now both products are linked together.

**Note:** *Articles that are labeled as "ALL" languages will not show up in the window. Only products with specific languages*

![Select an Article dialog for German (Germany) listing the Herrenhemden article, with its title highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-associations2.webp)

You will know that you did it correctly when you go to the Articles menu and see that the two are linked together.

![Joomla Articles list with Content > Articles highlighted, and the Association and Language columns linking a German and an English article](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-article00.webp)

## Frontend View of the German Product

![German storefront product page Hemd für Herren at $29.00 with a Abonnementzeitraum dropdown set to 3 Monate and a Zum Warenkorb hinzufügen button](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/shared/language-german-frontend.webp)

**Video Tutorial**

Here is a video that would help you with setting up your store in your language:

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fKT9w8eM7S4/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKT9w8eM7S4)